I must be a special snowflake...
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pollypocket1021 wrote: »I lose 1-2 lbs during TOM. Every time. Then, if I maintain my deficit, I stay there and don't see a scale change until the next month. Rinse and repeat.
Most other women I've seen on MFP have bloating and whatnot during TOM. Anyone else have weightloss?
Hi!
Mmmm... I do have a loss, but it's when the period is good and over. The days before it starts, on the other hand, I have an annoying lower belly bloat and sometimes a scale gain. During I don't even weigh, I tend to feel somewhat blah.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
That stops too. I had, in the past year (about 6 months ago), a two month protracted period of breast tenderness and bloat that led to ... nothing.
Officially menopausal today. One year without TOM.
Happy...is there a name for official menopause day? If not, there needs to be!
Congrats!!
Freedom Day? Thanks!
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pollypocket1021 wrote: »I lose 1-2 lbs during TOM. Every time. Then, if I maintain my deficit, I stay there and don't see a scale change until the next month. Rinse and repeat.
Most other women I've seen on MFP have bloating and whatnot during TOM. Anyone else have weightloss?
We're all special snowflakes in our special way.
This one's for you, Polly.
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FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
Aunt Flo has not shown up since about the summer of 2013, when she decided to visit for an interesting 10 days. Seems she had a lot to say, but then she left, half-appeared a few times, and I have not seen her since September 2013. I hope to never see her again.
I don't have symptoms anymore, but they have been replaced with hot flashes galore. Needless to say, my heating bill was pretty cheap this last winter. 0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
That stops too. I had, in the past year (about 6 months ago), a two month protracted period of breast tenderness and bloat that led to ... nothing.
Officially menopausal today. One year without TOM.
I'm a little over a year and a half. It's heaven....except for the hot flashes.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
That stops too. I had, in the past year (about 6 months ago), a two month protracted period of breast tenderness and bloat that led to ... nothing.
Officially menopausal today. One year without TOM.
I'm a little over a year and a half. It's heaven....except for the hot flashes.
I'm over them. Had them for years. I'm cold all the time now.
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Yes! My best week of the month is during tom. I wake up almost everyday weighing less. And then it comes to an abrupt end and i have to wait until after ovulation for it to slowly resume. TOM hits, whoosh lbs lost everywhere lol!
Circled in red is the daily losses x roughly 1week.
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@SLLRunner good riddance to Aunt Flow!!! She can be so bytchy! My husband calls me the human heater, and we haven't had to use the heater for years now. Also having an upstairs apartment with neighbors below that use their heater helps..
Aw @mamapeach910 you look like a hot mama to me...sportin your trendy glasses and giving us a "you got it, its me" look :-) I want to cut my hair short but I am chicken!0 -
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I haven't had any weight gain via bloat this month. I'm pmsing right now and I still lost, but I lost less than I thought I was going to. So I think I am having bloat but it just isn't enough to mask all the weight loss.0
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I usually gain a pound or 3 in water weight right before, then lose a bit more than that just after and maintain that loss.0
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mamapeach910 wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »FYI ladies, when you get older, and TOM doesn't ACTUALLY visit....the idea of the visit lingers. So I get the bloating, the weightgain, the emotional spikes, the chocolate cravings.....but no actual TOM. Bummer.
That stops too. I had, in the past year (about 6 months ago), a two month protracted period of breast tenderness and bloat that led to ... nothing.
Officially menopausal today. One year without TOM.
Happy...is there a name for official menopause day? If not, there needs to be! Congrats!!
Freedom Day? Thanks!
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Stuff like this makes me feel like I'm cheating because my pills have stopped my cycles altogether.
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I tend to gain a little during my TOM because I seem to retain a hell of a lot of water! However, once everything has 'calmed down' I usually find I drop a bit more than I usually do in a week; it's like it all adds up and then becomes apparent once the water retention has died down.0
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Stuff like this makes me feel like I'm cheating because my pills have stopped my cycles altogether.
what might those be, if I may ask?0 -
I always used to put on weight and then it would drop off. Since it returned after having a baby (breastfeeding didn't stop Aunt Flo), I now drop weight. Weird.0
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »Stuff like this makes me feel like I'm cheating because my pills have stopped my cycles altogether.
what might those be, if I may ask?
Erm... Azurette birth control pills. They're not designed to have that effect, but I just got lucky, I guess (also paranoid).
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@PaulaWallaDingDong ooh understand...wow when I was on birth control it didn't have that nice effect...lucky you:-)0
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I lose during and after but retain the week before and for 5 days around ovulation.0
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